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Sipdown no. 101 of the year 2014.
Today it was a little on the too much side, really dense. Almost like an oil slick, really.
I attribute this to the descent of the chocolate pieces to the bottom of the sample packet and their concentration there much more intensely than its blenders intended.
I had some nicer cups out of this and the bottom of the barrel experience doesn't ruin it for me.
This concludes the sipdowns of my SpecialTeas samples, though I still have part of a tin of Rooibos Lemon Chiffon. I've been enjoying it in the evening, when it has been populating the mug beside my bed. Though it hasn't aged particularly well, it is far more enjoyable than the last tisane to fill that role, Tazo's Sweet Cinnamon Spice.
I try to remember to shake all teas with big pieces of something or the other, but it's so easy to forget.
Oil slick…
Duhn duhn DUHN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2YjyharfZ0
(I guess it says a lot that it's the first thing that comes to mind whenever I hear 'oil slick', haha.)
I have a small group of still sealed SpecialTeas flavored black samples that I might as well break out. I am hoping I don't fall in love with any of them because SpecialTeas no longer exists…
This one says it has chocolate chips, cocoa kernels, and flavoring, which makes me wonder where the cream comes from (is that the flavoring)? It has little pieces of chips and such in and among the black tea. The smell in the packet is chocolatey, but not in an overly rich way.
The aroma doesn't have a lot of chocolate smell except perhaps in a baked way, but not as rich as baking cake or brownies. The liquor is cloudy, likely from the melted bits, and brown orange tea color.
The flavor is better than I expected from the aroma, and it is a tasty, milk chocolately black tea. It's not nearly as wonderful as Harney's chocolate, though, which makes me silly with happiness since Harney's is still available. It makes me want to taste the Teafrog Chocolate and Cream again to see how these compare. I may very well need to bump up the Teafrog.
Flavors: Chocolate, Cream
This is a lovely rose tea. I've generally come to not like rose teas, but this one I love. I think the rose adds a honeyed flavor in addition to the obviously perfumy rose taste. The black tea is nice and soft in the background. I particularly enjoy it iced.
Yes, SpecialTeas disappeared years ago. A sad event I still bemoan on occasion. However, I still have a few of my favorites from this company stocked up. When I learned that I wouldn't be able to get any more I began to search for other options and hording what I had. This was about the time that I discovered Steepster.
Some tea really is only good for a year or less, but some seems to last forever. This is one that has changed little in taste in all the years it's been stashed away in my cupboard. And, while I still find it delicious, I have since discovered other favorites that I enjoy more, so it is time to decupboard this one once and for all.
Maybe this is what I am drinking? It's labeled only "SpecialTeas Ti Quan Yin", and I don't even know who to thank for this sample! Pretty nice tea. That is all I have the energy to write. You know it's been a rough day when your first cup of tea isn't until 8 PM!
Another blend that I've been drinking but never got around to logging. This tea reminds me a bit of Davids Tea's Toasted Walnut with its rich nutty flavours. It's sweet with hints of creamy white chocolate and the green tea base is light and refreshing enough to keep it from being too cloying. By all the rights the camomile shouldn't really belong in a blend like this, but somehow it works.
I'm glad I bought a big bag of this tea – I'll be able to enjoy it for awhile yet. :)
Deeply jasmine with the nuttiness of great white tea, and multiple steeps! It's amazing in a tea jar with continuous hot water poured over it, for most of my afternoon pick me up. But I really have to be in the mood for a perfumed cup to drink it.
Flavoured teas are all very well and good, but I was craving a nice, plain black tea today. This tea comes from the now-defunct Special Teas (another casualty of Teavana). It's a very nice-looking tea – small twists of black and gold and it has the classic malty Assam scent with a hint of smokiness. The tea is robust but not bitter and at a steeping of 3.5 mins it's fine without milk. It has wonderful fruity notes underneath that maltiness that give the tea a layered subtly you don't normally get with Assams.
I stocked up on this tea but I'll have to see about finding another source for when my stash runs out.
Another tea from Mercuryhime that I unfortunately can't entirely recall, haha. I remember a bit of green beaniness, but not much else, as I don't think I paid a great deal of attention while drinking it. Oh well. Again, I have enough for a second/third shot, which I will hopefully be more attentive to.
It has been a generally crummy week and a particularly rotten evening. I am tired and out of sorts. Do you know where one goes to find more sorts?
So I grumpily grabbed this, and knowing it's a bit on the elderly side, goosed it with a quarter-teaspoon of bulk cacao bits. Pepped up the taste a bit; made me think of Cadbury dried fruit-and-chocolate candy bars.
Aww I hope your week gets better! When I'm out of sorts, I tend to take some time and do something that makes me happy… biking, photographing stuff, writing, reading a good book with a cup of my favourite tea… Anything that will make me feel better. That's where I find my sorts :)
I can't remember which one of you fine folks mentioned mini marshmallows as a tea additive, but when my husband brought home a container of mini chocolate marshmallow bits, I decided to get a little adventurous.
This is a nice chocolatey-almondy rooibos on its own, so I reasoned it would welcome said marshmallow bits. It wasn't bad, but there's something a little, uh, sharpish about the rooibos flavor that doesn't combine smoothly. Two separate flavors on your tongue instead of one lovely smooth chocolate mishmash. Does that make sense?
However, I shall persist to find my favorite marshmallow friendly tea. (Doesn't that sound like a rotten task? Doggone it. More teas to taste. More marshmallows to chomp.)
mini chocolate marshmallow bits? Now I know why my wife won't let me go to the grocery store with her. lol.
I think we all got the idea from Stacy of Butiki Teas, who once mentioned getting marshmallows for her blends and polishing off a bag before ever getting anywhere near the tea. Since then, I've read a bunch of tasting notes involving the addition of marshmallows to the steeped tea to discover a new flavour or enhance an existing one. I actually got a bunch of different, flavoured marshmallows (toasted coconut, strawberry, etc.) to try this myself, but, um, I ate them all before I got to the tea. =(
This was a pass-along from Nicole; a really pleasant rooibos with a bit of chocolate and almond in the background. I should have tried it straight first to get a better read on the base flavors, but the half-and-half was calling my name. Made a nice, creamy after-dinner treat on a chilly evening.
I must thank JacquelineM for this sample. I'm not going to write a lengthy note on it because I ended up becoming disappointed. I did not start out as such, but let me explain.
I'll start by letting you know that there is no tune to be paired with this note. We were watching Snow White and the Huntsman… the film proved to be the undoing of this tea. You see I found it to be delicious from the first sip. I have less to say about the Earl Gray part and much more of the de la Creme portion.
The Earl Gray was smokey but not as bold as I would have guessed, my assumption being that it would take something with kick to be coupled with the sweet vanilla notes that are so prevalent in this tea. The de la Creme part was so creamy and smooth that the only thing I can think to compare it to is actual cream, maybe with honey as well.
Now back to the movie…It starts out a captivating film with wonderful special effects, an intriguing character (evil queen), and an unpredictable twist on a classic tale. And here lies the problem with the drink. I was drinking happily away on this juice when I got pulled in by the movie long enough for my drink to cool just a bit. Before that happened I was sipping on it while it was still plenty hot yet once it cooled it became bitter. I'm talking hard to continue bitter. Tis a shame because it started out so good.
Wow, what a shame. I've had some teas like that, that start out wonderful and full-flavored and then turn into something else as they cool. I wonder what causes that?
What wretched weather! Upper 30's, sky like a wet gray blanket, threats of snow tomorrow, haven't seen the sun since last Tuesday.
A copious tea day, but trying to lighten it up a bit this afternoon so I can sleep.
This is deliciously light, silky, and a little bit fruit-juicy. Is aging well; doesn't seem to have lost any of its elegant punch after all the months I've had it.
Subscribing to the it's-going-to-be-stinkin'-hot-so-make-your-one-good-cup-count theory today. This is light and sweet, but enough so that the flavor makes itself known to you—your taste buds don't have to hunt it down. What I wish all white teas tasted like (if this were a white, which it isn't).
I had this one misfiled as a green/oolong, and I believe it's a Darjeeling — and wow, what a nice one! Big old fluffy leaves that are, indeed, silvery. At just 2 1/2 minutes, it's a light copper color with what I think is the fruitiest flavor I've ever encountered with a Darjeeling. Almost apple cidery. Medium weight and very silky to the tongue.
Since SpecialTeas is obsolete now, I'll have to putter a bit and see if this variety is available under another umbrella.
Amy, my Upton catalog is rife with highlighted longings and desires; unfortunately, my available funds for longings and desires keeps getting eaten up by necessities and unexpected unfortunatenesses ;) Soldiering on with my summer plan to use up scraps and stuff that's getting old, with a nice treat-y order in time for good tea weather.
Age of leaf: I wish I knew; unfortunately, as I bought this over three years ago, and as SpecialTeas is out of business, and I have no record of it's production date, I can only guess: it must have aged a few years before they put it up for sale, so my guess is this must be 6 or 7 years old, at the very least.
Brewing guidelines:
Ceramic 4 cup teapot, no sweetener, 5 gram toucha, 2 cups of water.
……….1st: Just under boiling, 2.5'
……….2nd: Boiling. 5'
Aroma of tea liquor: Smelled just like the dry leaf: strong, and for now (I am wanting for better descriptors here) I will call it 'fishy'—in a good way, not a bad way (although my wife smelled the dry leaf, and reacted as I thought she would: "Yuck!").
Flavor of tea liquor: Again, I am wanting for better descriptors here (I hope to increase my arsenal of more precise Pu-erh flavor and aroma descriptors over time), so for now suffice it to say: earthy, fishy.
Appearance of wet leaf: Tiny little dark bits of tea.
Overall: Good. I vaguely remember trying this about two years ago (my first Pu-erh ever), and I think it may actually be smother now (however, I may just be perceiving what I expect). There was no sign of bitterness, and it was heavy on the mouth—enjoyably so.
For comparison purposes I also decided to steep another toucha today (brewed with the same parameters) that I bought through a seller on Taobao (again, little information on its age: the rice paper wrapper had a number appended with "-2008" on it, though) to compare with the SpecialTeas toucha. The Taobao toucha was a tinge bitter, and not as full, or heavy, on the tongue, as the SpecialTeas toucha on both the first and second steepings. This was a meaningful comparison, as it at least begins to give me an idea of what I am looking for in a Pu-erh. In this case, I prefer the SpecialTeas toucha: smooth, with a heavy mouth-feel.
This is my first real foray into Pu-erh tea. I recently bought a Yixing, and I am trying out a few Pu-erh teas I have on hand (I have a number of samples) in my ceramic before I decide which one to use to season my new Yixing with. So far, I am enjoying it. I hope to have the time and energy tomorrow to try at least one more.
boychik: Very good question. I forgot about that step; silly me. : }
I did a ~5 sec. rinse on the last toucha though, and I plan to do that going forward.
Thank you for your suggestion. : – )
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I bought eight ounces of this during SpecialTeas' going-out-of-business sale at the beginning of 2011 for 75 % off.
This was my first pu-erh, and with the exception of a blended pu-erh from Teavana, my only one to date. I don't have much to say about it, except that I did only one steeping with one Tuo Cha in my teapot and three to four cups of boiling water for five minutes, almost a year ago (my notes show that I rinsed it), and I remember thinking the flavor was earthy, and the liquor was black (I have never before or since seen 'black' tea). I am simply stating this here for my records before I forget. I am deliberately staying away from pu-erh, because I have plenty already to keep the tea enthusiast in me happy concentrating on green and oolong teas (at the moment). But, some day, some day …


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Title: | Donor exchange programs in kidney transplantation: rationale and operational details from the north central donor exchange cooperative |
Author(s): | Akkina, Sanjeev K.; Muster, Heather; Steffens, Eugenia; Kim, Joseph; Kasiske, Betram L.; Israni, Ajay K. |
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kidney transplants
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Abstract: | The increasing need for kidney transplants has led to innovations such as donor exchange programs. These programs offer transplant recipients with incompatible donors an opportunity to receive a compatible kidney. They also provide an alternative to costly desensitization protocols that have unproven long-term outcomes. Donor exchange programs have multiple options including simple two-pair exchanges to the more complicated domino exchanges or chain donations. The United States is currently limited by regional programs that provide for kidney donor exchanges. However, with the increasing public interest and need for kidney transplants, general nephrologists will be approached with questions about these donor exchange programs. The goal of this review is to discuss donor exchange programs including their role in expanding the donor pool, the various types of exchanges, regional centers that provide these programs, and the process involved in patient enrollment. A general knowledge of donor exchange programs will help providers in discussing options with patients approaching end-stage kidney disease and transplantation. |
Issue Date: | 2011-01 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation Info: | Akkina, S. K., Muster, H., Steffens, E., Kim, S. J., Kasiske, B. L., & Israni, A. K. 2011. Donor exchange programs in kidney transplantation: rationale and operational details from the north central donor exchange cooperative. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 57(1): 152-158. DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.06.012 |
Type: | Article |
Description: | Post print version of article may differ from published version. The definitive version is available through Elsevier at DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2010.06.012 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10027/7574 |
Sponsor: | Sanjeev Akkina was supported by a research grant from the American Society of Transplantation and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Award Number K23DK084121. Ajay Israni is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholar. S. Joseph Kim is supported by the Clinician-Scientist Training Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research. |
Date Available in INDIGO: | 2011-05-05 |
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I am frequently asked what I think is the greatest need in the Church today. Because of my work, people presume how I will answer. They expect me to be what they perceive to be action oriented. My answer is simple. "The greatest need in the Church today is people who pray", I respond.
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Keywords: Year of Faith, Homily, prayer, communion, mysticism, contemplative, devotion, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, St. Josemaria Escriva, meditation, scriptural reflection, Deacon Keith Fournier
CHESAPEAKE, VA (Catholic Online) - Our Gospel today is short, but profoundly beautiful: Jesus said: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light." (Mt. 11:28-30)
I needed these words this morning. Life can certainly become burdensome at times. We all know this is true. However, those of us who bear the name Christian know the One to whom we can always turn, the Lord Jesus.he says to each of us this morning, "Come to Me".
Throughout the biblical accounts of the earthly ministry and life of Jesus we can discover, in his Sacred Humanity, the path to finding true rest. He was regularly in prayer. He lived in a continual communion with the Father. He now gives us the grace we need to live in the same way.
His prayer opened the heavens, brought provision to the hungry, gave Him clarity for making decisions and brought the glory of heaven to earth. Prayer still does all of this, and more, for those who will learn to live their lives immersed in God and study in its classroom.
I am frequently asked what I think is the greatest need in the Church today. Because of my work, people presume how I will answer. They expect me to be what they perceive to be action oriented. My answer is simple. "The greatest need in the Church today is people who pray", I respond.
I recently read that one of my personal heroes, and one of the great treasures of the Church in our age, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, will soon be beatified. He was a close friend and confidante of St. Josemaria Escriva. Like his friend, the Bishop was a man of true holiness, the kind only formed through living in an intimate communion with the Lord.
He once wrote: "The so-called "practical people" are not really the most useful in the service of Christ's Church, nor are those who merely expound theories. Rather it is the true contemplatives who best serve her; those with the steady, generous and passionate desire of transfiguring and divinizing all creation with Christ and in Christ. It may sound paradoxical, but in the Church of Jesus Christ, the mystic is the only practical person"
Through prayer we can recover the capacity for an intimate communion of love with the living God and plunge ourselves into its embrace. Prayer is a process of Love exchanged for love. In its classroom we learn how to live in this communion throughout the day and in all circumstances.
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Hi I have a very large spring that I am digging out soon so I can have a fish pond. Will the the soil thats in it be good for my ganja? Is there any test I can do to see. Soil testing kits to see whats in it. All the hippies in my area want some for there garden but that doesn't mean it will be good for pot plants. I have around 200 medical plants going in the ground this summer so I want to get the best soil with out having to buy 200 bail's of pro mix. The soil is dark rich looking looks good but Im new to this. I usually just by the pro mix and go. Let me know if you need any other info on the soil and I will see what I can do thanks
You need a water test first off. Many state ag schools have the ability to run soil samples. The soil surrounding the spring is sure to hold an excess of wehatever minerals are present in the water - where do you think they come from? From the soil and into the water.
And this soil is sure to need work before being used to grow anything. Organic materials are often lacking or are so waterlogged they never decomposed properly. Not saying it's no good - just saying don't count the mature plants yet.
That soil looks AWESOME!! If you're in the US, take a good sized jar of it down to the nearest Ag Office (USDA) or University Ag ext. and they will do an analysis of it for you. SHOULD be free, but hey, the Gov't needs more money don't they? Once you get the stuff away from the spring and water source it should dry out well and be just fine as long as it has both good water retention and drainage (away from that constant water source). Your Ag agent should be able to tell you if the structure is good or not. Also they can analyze it for macro & micro nutrients and tell you exactly what you should add to it. If the "Hippies" say it's good for their gardens, go with that! MJ is just a plant, in fact it grows naturally in some pretty hostile and barren environments. Why do people think it's so fragile? We pretty much have to try to kill it, and look where that's gotten our gov't so far. 50+ years of eradication program and it's STILL going strong. I always suggest using native soils rather than other alternatives, as it already has a well established mycorrhizae and bacterial colony native to the area, but some folks are hard headed or they just like having the Gucci or Prada equivalent of soils and nutes.
Thanks for the advice I live in BC Canada so going to the Ag Office is a no go. Today I bought a test kit to tell me the ph, NPK levels of the soil. It should have good water retention as its been in water its whole life. If not a lady at the grow store said to add peat moss.It has had 100 years for sure of leaves falling and things breaking down in it for years.The water is also constantly moving as it slowly drains into a river on the other side of my yard. so I hope its as good as it looks. As you know soil choice is a major decision to make and I would like to make the best one with out spending $6,000 on dirt that I have in my own yard!!!
I think you have the best soil right there in your own backyard. I got clay! hard RED Clay. But hey, clay boosts the CEC


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Oregon mulls new irrigation system
Council likely to OK $137,322 bid for project
With new bathrooms at the South Recreation Complex just finished, Oregon City Council has turned its attention to the second improvement project planned for the city's soccer fields.
Council is expected to authorize spending $137,332 for installation of an irrigation system on the fields at its 8 p.m. meeting. The irrigation system is to include a pumping station and about 200 heads to cover the 17-acre athletic field complex, which has eight soccer fields and four flag-football fields.
If council gives the go-ahead later today, installation should start in early May and take about 90 days, said Joe Wasserman, parks and recreation director. The work will not interfere with the soccer season's April 22 opening, he said.
The irrigation system was recommended last year by the city's recreation advisory board. Regular watering will enable the fields, north of Starr Avenue Extension, to be planted with bluegrass, which makes for a better playing surface than the fescue now there. Reseeding would be done in the fall.
Ohio Irrigation Lawn Systems Inc. of Dayton won the contract with the lowest of seven bids. Its price includes $72,000 for materials and $65,332 for labor. Project funding is included in Oregon's 2014 capital-improvement budget.
To a query from Councilman Jim Seaman last week, Mr. Wasserman and service director Paul Roman said the Dayton firm had done a good job at Pacesetter Park in Sylvania. The company finished ahead of schedule and impressed Sylvania recreation officials with its skill and professionalism, Mr. Wasserman said.
Mr. Seaman noted that the $141,050 bid submitted by Oregon firm Landscape Design by Moritz was not far above the lowest bid and said "I like the concept of hiring local people."
Administrator Mike Beazley said he agreed with that concept but noted that Ohio Irrigation and Lawn Systems had the lowest, best bid.
"We're very comfortable with this choice," he said. "This company has done some good work."
Mr. Seaman said he believed the need to maintain and winterize the irrigation system was another reason to go with a local company. Mr. Wasserman said he would be trained to operate the system, and a local firm would be available for support.
Council President Dennis Walendzak then asked about the contract with the winning bidder: "This will take us to 2015? Then we'll bid out another contract for service?"
"That's correct," Mr. Wasserman replied.
The irrigation system will be Oregon's latest improvement at its popular recreation complex. With money set aside from the 2013 capital budget, council last year approved spending up to $476,000 for the bathrooms, which are in a building that includes drinking fountains, an open-air shelter, and a concessions stand.
The new restrooms mean that when the soccer season opens, players and spectators won't have to use portable toilets that had been the fields' only bathroom facilities and generated many complaints over the years.
Contact Carl Ryan at: email@example.com or 419-724-6095.